From the genus name. Doublet of serge.
cereus (plural cereuses)
From cēra (“wax”).
cēreus (feminine cērea, neuter cēreum); first/second-declension adjective
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | cēreus | cērea | cēreum | cēreī | cēreae | cērea | |
Genitive | cēreī | cēreae | cēreī | cēreōrum | cēreārum | cēreōrum | |
Dative | cēreō | cēreō | cēreīs | ||||
Accusative | cēreum | cēream | cēreum | cēreōs | cēreās | cērea | |
Ablative | cēreō | cēreā | cēreō | cēreīs | |||
Vocative | cēree | cērea | cēreum | cēreī | cēreae | cērea |
Substantive from cēreus fūnis (“waxen cord”).
cēreus m (genitive cēreī); second declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cēreus | cēreī |
Genitive | cēreī | cēreōrum |
Dative | cēreō | cēreīs |
Accusative | cēreum | cēreōs |
Ablative | cēreō | cēreīs |
Vocative | cēree | cēreī |
albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.) | flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.) |
galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |